Job Description:

• 1) Tends battery of warp-knitting machines to knit diverse products, such as tulle, lace, net, fabrics for outer and undergarments, elastic fabric for foundation garments, and carpet material: Patrols knitting area and inspects cloth for defects, such as holes, yarn breaks, and discolorations.

• 2) Ties broken yarn ends with fingers.

• 3) Stops machine and notifies supervisor when unable to determine cause of defects.

• 4) Records number and type of defects.

• 5) Hand-weaves new threads over and under lease rods, threads yarn through guides, using hook, and ties warp ends with fingers to attach new warp to corresponding threads of old warp.

• 6) Cuts excess thread from knots, using scissors.

• 7) May replace defective needles, using hook and wrench.

• 8) May help position warp beams I on machine and doff rolls of knitted cloth from machine, using chain hoist and handtools.

• 9) May lubricate machines, using oilcan and brush.

• 10) May tend machines that knit milanese, raschel, or tricot fabrics and be designated according to machine type as Milanese-Knitting-Machine Operator; Raschel-Knitting-Machine Operator; Tricot-Knitting-Machine Operator.